What are the grammatical functions of stress?（ ）
A: Emphasize a certain word or meaning.
B: Means of expressing strong emotions.
C: Distinguish words, phrases, same spelling, different meaning.
D: Change of stress in words causes change of phonemes.
A: Emphasize a certain word or meaning.
B: Means of expressing strong emotions.
C: Distinguish words, phrases, same spelling, different meaning.
D: Change of stress in words causes change of phonemes.
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- Homographs are words identical only in ______ but different in sound and meaning. A: sound B: meaning C: spelling D: sense
- Antonyms are words that are different in sound and spelling but nearly alike or exactly the same in meaning.
- When you place stress onto different words of a sentence, the sentence meaning will be different.
- Guess the meaning of the words from the context by matching each word with the word or phrase that is similar in meaning.
- Words with a commendatory meaning may become ones with a d_____ meaning. This is called degradation of meaning.